Combined laundry, kitchen, and pantry appliance.



W. 0. JAMES.

COMBINED LAUNDRY, KITCHEN, AND PANTRY APPLIANCE.

APPL IOATION FILED JULY 8, 1907. I

Patented July 7 unrrnn en r WILLARD 0. JAMES, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

I COMBINED LAUNDRY, KITCHEN, AND PANTRY APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July "2", 1914.

Application filed July 8, 1907. Serial No. 382,774.

Another object is to provide novel features of construction, and novel and advanof the various utilities.

tageous disposition drawings illustrate The accompanying the invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal mid-sectional elevation on plane indicated by u -m Figs. 2, 3, t and 5, of an appliance embodyin this' invention in position for use. Dotte lines show the combined drain-board and ice-chest lid in raised position. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, parts being broken away to show interior construction. The drain-board lid or cover of the combined ice-chest and laundry tray or tub is shown thrown back to expose the under-face of the same; the lug which forms a stop for the hinge being broken away to allow the lid to reach this position. Dotted lines indicate lowered position of said lid. Fig. 3 is an elevation looking to the left from line 02 Fig. 1. Fig, 4 is an elevation from the right of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section looking to the right from plane indicated by line as -w", Figs. 1 and 2, the combined drain board and ice-chest lid being down as in Fig. 1 and the combined sink-bottom and wash-board being shown in position for use as a Wash-board. Fig. 6 is a fragmental enlarged detail of a portion of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a fragmentaldetail of a part of the lid hinge.

1 designates a bowl or receptacle adapted for use as a washtub or laundry-tray, and

provided around its rim with an external channel 2 for a water-seal, and also provided with an insulating jacket 3 of asbestos or other suitable insulating material whereby the bowl 1 is made non-heat-conducting. Such bowl is designed for use as an icechest, refrigerating chamber, food safe and cake and bread box, and is provided with an air=tight heat insulating lid 4: that forms i flow over the lip 17 16 at that side'or end of the receptacle 13. 3 Saidreceptacle 13 is composed of upper and .lower portions of different diameters and cross sectional area-s, ments, the lower portion or comparment a being of less cross sectional area forms a ledge'to support a combined temporary sink bottom, tub-cover and washa combinedkitchen drain-board, and an icechest and cake-box cover, hinged at 5 to the receptacle 1 and provided on its underside with a downwardly-projecting collar 6 to enter the channel 2 when the cover 4 is in its lowered position shown in solid lines in Fig. 1. Said lid is provided on its under-side with insulating material 7 which may correspond to that oi the jacket 3.

8 designates a rim wallalong the sides and across the upper end of the lid 4, which lid may terminate at its lower end in a downwardly-bent lip 9 extending beyond the rim of the receptacle 1, which also terminates on that side of said receptacle op-- posite the hinges 5, in a lip 10.

11 is a drainage outlet from the bottom of the receptacle 1, and 12 is a stopper for the same.

'13 is asecond receptacle.

The receptacles 1 and 13 are adapted'to form, in combination with each other a set of-stationary wash-tubs or laundry trays. The receptacle 13 isprovided with a drainage outlet 14, a combined drainage gutter and sink bottom support 15 near the upper portion thereof, that slopes'toward and terminates in a wide-mouthed gutter-drain 16 leading therefrom at the side near-the insulated receptacle 1; the mouthof said gutter drain extending across the end of the receptacle and said drain opening downward into the drainage outlet 14;. Said receptacle 13 terminates at the top in a rounded lip 17 which fits beneath the lip 10 of receptacle 1, so that overflow from channel 2 will pass into the receptacle 13, andwhen the drainboard '4: is in lowered position, as shown in said drain-board may as Fig. 1,water from into the gutter drain forming two compartthan the upper portion or compartment 19. v

The inner wall of the drainage-gutter 15 oard 18 which fits snugly in the flaring mouth or upper portion 19 of said tub or laundry-tray 13, at the dividing line between the two portions (1 and 19. and is pro- 11o vided at one end with an outlet which may be extended to form a wide discharge in the form;

of numerous perforations 20 above the drain 16. The top of the inner wall of gutter lies in a plane which is aslant toward the gutter drain 16, so that when the cover 18 is in place, it forms a sinkbottom or drainage fioor and any liquid that falls into the upper portion 19 of the receptacle 13 will drain into 'the gutter drain 16, either directly through the passages or around the edge of cover 18 and into a'r1dthrough the gutter 15, and thence to the drainage outlet 1'4.

The cover 18 fits tightly on the flat inner I rim of the gutter 16 as clearly shown in bottom and tub-cover 18 is in place, thus to Fig. 6 so as to prevent circulation of air between the interior and exterior of the receptacle 13.

21 is a downwardly-projecting continuous head or collar extending around the rim of the cover 18 to project downwardly into the gutter 15 and drain 16 when the sink cause any liquid which might flow down around the edges of the cover 18 to drip from said beadinto the gutter 15 and drain 16, thereby preventing any of such liquid from entering the inside chamber of the receptacle 13. n

The head is so placed as to leave an open space between it and the gutter walls, so that no liquid will flow by capillary attraction into the lower compartment a. On the same side of said cover with said head is a roughened or corrugated face 22, thereby fitting said cover to be used as a washboard, a handle 23 being provided by which the cover 18 may be handled.

24 is a stop in the bottom of the receptacle 13 against which the lower end of the combined sink bottom and washboard 18 may be set when it is desired to use the receptacle 13 as a wash-tub.

25 is a stopper for the drainage outlet 14.

In practical use, the receptacle 1 is especially valuable for storage of edibles, and may be made to serveas a refrigerator or ice-chest. The channel 2 may be filled to a greater or less extent with water to form a water seal, as indicated at 26, so that when the cover 4 is in place, as indicated in Fig. 1, and the stopper 12 is also in 'place, the chamber 1 will be practically closed with ahermetical seal, thus efiectually excluding ants, cockroaches, and other insects from any food that may be stored in the receptacle.

The insulating material 3 and 7 reserves the stability of the temperature in t e chamher of the receptacle, and b placing blocks or any other form of movab e supports, (not shown), inside said receptacle, we placed thereonin the receptacle will be doubly insulated from outside temperatures; and it is evident that whenever it is desired to drain off an of the water resulting from melting ice, time may be done by simply withdrawing the receptacle 13 and the cover 18 therefor,-

when said cover is in place.

The drainage from the drain board 4 will flow into the sink-mouth 19 and onto the top of the cover 18 and down through the outlets 20 and thence through the drain 16 into the drainage outlet 14.

When it is desired to use the appliance for laundry purposes and but one tub is to be used, the sink bottom and tub cover 18 may be withdrawn from the ledge formed by the,

inner walls of the gutter 15, and may be upended in the receptacle 13 with its lower end against the stop 24, and with the corrugated side 22 in position for use as a washboard. Thereupon the tub 13 is ready to be used as a wash-tub. When it is desired to discharge water from said tub, this may be done by withdrawing the plug 25.

In case it is desired-to use a set of tubs for laundry purposes, the drain-board cover 4 may be tilted back into the position indi cated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and if any ice, food, or other articles are inside the receptacle 1, the same may be removed, thus leaving the receptacle free to be used for laundry purposes. After such use, it may be restored to its former condition in an obvious way.

The drain-board cover 4 is preferably detachably connected with the receptacle 1 by means of two pintles 27 28, an eye 29, and a hook or open bracket 30,; the eye 29 being at the rear side and the open hook or bracket at the front side, or vice versa, as may be deemed expedient.

31 designates stops for the hinges to prevent the drainboard andlid 4 from being thrown back too far. a

To remove the drain-board and cover 4, the pintle that is in the. bracket or hook will be lifted out of the same, thereupon allowing the other pintle or hook to be drawn out of the eye which holds it when the cover is in place.

What I claim is 1. An article of furniture comprising two receptacles adapted to be used as wash-tubs, one being provlded externally with a channel and the other internally with a gutter, the inner wall of said gutter being below the tered receptacle being provided with a drainage outlet leading from said gutter, a

lid for one of said receptacles provided with a collar in said channel, and a washboard level of the tops of both receptacles, the gutconstructed to form a cover and to rest on said inner wall, said lid being provided with v ledge therearound,

ustable combined wash-board and drains. e-

a lip extending over the cover washboard.

2. In an article of condensed furniture; a combined refri erator, wash-tub, washboard and draincard, comprising twoabutting tubs with drainage out ets in, their bottoms, one tub bein provided with heat-im sulated bottom an sides and with an adjustable removable cover adapted to drain water into the second tub, and the second tub being provided with a drainage channel down into its side next to the said channel being arranged to receive the drainage from said cover; said second tub being provided with a channeled drainageand a movable and adbottom adapted to seat upon the le ge, around the sides of said second tub and to drain into the channel in said ledge, and to ormed by the insulated tub; 1

be up-ended in said tub for use as a washboard.

3. The combination with a tub or laundry tray provided with acontinuons led e near its top, said. led'ge being horlzonta along one end of the tub inclined along its sides, and inclined in both directions on its opposite end of a gutter extending around said ledge and slopm continuously downwardly from one end inioth directions to an outlet 0 eningv in the middle'of the o posite end oi the tub, and a one-piece plate orming the sink bottom and extending from end to end .and side to side of said tray and fixed and resting upon said ledge. 1

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 2d day of July 1907. I

WILLARD 0. JAMES.

' In presence of-- J AMES R. TOWNSEND, 

